Power Shift in Connecticut

By

Shelly Banjo

November 18, 2011

The president of Connecticut Light & Power resigned on Thursday after weeks of public outrage related to the utility's response to the Oct. 29 snowstorm that left hundreds of thousands in the dark for nearly two weeks.

Northeast Utilities, CL&P's parent company, announced Jeffrey Butler's departure as part of a larger management overhaul that creates two new executive-level posts to manage emergency preparedness. The state's...